Still a bit alpha, but looks promising. Several features seem to be waiting for atproto implementation.

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[–] 33 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (18 children)

HEY HEY HEY, don’t get me wrong now but I’m seeing dozens of Discord-like apps over the past year and can’t understand one thing about them, which is WE ALREADY HAVE THE CHAT PART SINCE FUCKING 1988, it’s called IRC, it’s lightweight, not bloated, works everywhere, extendible and still maintained.

Discord (and Slack) are proprietary IRC forks themselves and adds almost NOTHING to that equation.

It’s the voice/video call part that Discord solved an none of these forks attempting to tackle that part.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Stoat and Fluxer already have voice/video solved just like Discord.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 month ago* (10 children)

    i also use irc but it doesn't work for normies. there's no integrated persistant chat log, image/file upload, voice chats, replies(linking to specific message), message editing, emoji reactions, etc...

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

    You must have never tried irc in conjunction with Convos or The Lounge

    Edit: Fluxer is a usable alternative https://fluxer.app/

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    i haven't seen Convos before, thanks for sharing.

    i've seen The Lounge before while looking for a discord alternative sometime ago, but i skipped it because there doesn't seem to be replies, editing, reactions, file/image sharing. i have to admit i only tried their Demo link, perhaps libera just doesn't support those IRCv3 features?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    haha yeah editing still isn’t a thing in irc but image upload, replies and voice/video (convos uses jitsi) are, totally understandable if those are roadblocks.

    Libera is probably your best best for IRCv3 so yeah there is a reason the industry moved to xmpp (LoL Facebook Nintendo Zoom).

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    You have been using software stuck in the last century I'm afraid. IRCv3 solves all of this with the clear exception of voice/video chats. Use ergo server, the lounge or gamja as a web frontend. Motd on android feels like a current messenger (but it's partly made with ai unfortunately). irc really is a credible possibility today

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (3 children)

    i see, that's awesome. will try setting it up later.

    do you know if push notifications work in the mobile app?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (2 children)

    I'm not a believer of push notifications, so I leave motd open in the background, with maybe a few hundreds messages a day and it consumes 1% of my battery. I know it's not an answer, sorry 😅

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago

    I think the goal here is to get the general population off Discord and moved into a more open platform.

    IRC is great but I can't see the average user using it unfortunately. Every platform has its own goal, but the ultimate community goal is whatever pushes us to an open social space is a net positive imo!

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